Full Notification

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...DE WITT...MACON... MCLEAN...MOULTRIE...PIATT AND SHELBY. IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...CHAMPAIGN...CLARK...COLES...CRAWFORD...CUMBERLAND... DOUGLAS...EDGAR AND VERMILION. IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... CLAY AND EFFINGHAM. IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...JASPER...LAWRENCE AND RICHLAND.

* THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING

* ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. A VERY MOIST TROPICAL AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S. THIS WILL ALLOW ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME WITH UP TO 1 INCH IN A HALF HOUR.

* RAINFALL TOTALS IN THIS AREA WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCAL 3 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE WHERE STORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME LOCATION. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER ALREADY VERY SATURATED SOILS COULD QUICKLY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CHAMPAIGN ... CLARK ... CLAY ... COLES ... CRAWFORD ... CUMBERLAND ... DE WITT ... DOUGLAS ... EDGAR ... EFFINGHAM ... JASPER ... LAWRENCE ... MACON ... MCLEAN ... MOULTRIE ... PIATT ... RICHLAND ... SHELBY ... VERMILION

Instructions:

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.